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  the blogs at twenty some reflections, plus an index of posts

  

  Last August, the MIT Admissions blogs turned twenty. Over the past ... Barkowitz Other ways I’ve been rejected over the past fifteen years by ... other bloggers and myself this past week—is that they are

  • by Ceri R. '16
  • January 29, 2025
• Blog / Advice

  how to sail against the wind on tacking

  

  sailed past the remnants of the berkeley pier. past that, my already flimsy ... being in a position of good fortune. five. for the past few days, i

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • June 22, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  My Mountain Climbing Team i'M GrADduATingG WAOooOOOoo

  

  that wanted to do good in the world. The past few years, I've been ... : Economics TAs who spent way past sunset hours crash coursing me in fundamental ... again and just doing it myself The people who helped get me past my own

  • by Caroline M. '18
  • June 6, 2018
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Upside Down Gnomes From Wisconsin Always look up.

  

  realized I wasn't enjoying it anymore. In a past life I would have taken the ... weighed my options, called my mom, and dropped the class. For the past two ... person I want to be and the people I've been over the past two years; I

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • October 26, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Pictures from a Semester of Classes The Sequel Society Didn't Know It Needed

  

  happened here these past three months…but with pictures (because I like ... an email past 9pm, it wouldn't get a reply until 8am the next day. So ... Instagram reels or something. Another has spent the past 40 years teaching the

  • by Richard O. '28
  • December 29, 2024
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Comprehensive Guide to Crying on Campus It’s right about that time of year.

  

  past two weeks, and it’s definitely a normal thing to feel. MIT is hard

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • October 16, 2017
• Blog / Academics & Research

  HNY from NYC for IAP, 2016 time passes so quickly, help

  

  written one on 2015, I did look back on those from the past few years: 2011

  • by Phoebe C. '18
  • January 3, 2016
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  I Was Sitting Where You’re Sitting Quick! Click here. :D

  

  EC to BC someone whizzes past on a three-wheeled electric skateboard ... Paper Airplane Book (none of which, they tell me, have yet made it past ... with red, purple, and blue hair painting white paste bleach into a new

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • November 12, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  señoritis navigating work/life balance - and spring break photos

  

  console a friend—these are the essentials. this past week i followed the

  • by Connie H. '15
  • March 28, 2015
• Blog / About Decisions

  Dragons A blog post for deferred students (and everybody else waiting on decisions).

  

  with my mom. Skiing in the forest past dark with my family. Learning how ... dragons you’ve already conquered over the past two decades. At least for me ... past few months. And now, I can’t even remember what was on it. The

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • February 14, 2014
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Few of my Favorite Things (Counting Blessings) Maybe the most sentimental blog post I’ve written.

  

  , State College over eight years and Boston over the past three. Here are a

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • August 6, 2013
• Blog / About Decisions

  To whom much is given… ...you know the rest!

  

  Much is expected. I can't tell you how many times I have heard, thought or uttered some portion of that phrase over the course of the past few weeks. I can tell you with a fair level of certainty that it is just

  • by David duKor-Jackson
  • March 13, 2012
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  MIT grads, 10 years later What is the MIT Class of 2000 doing, 10 years after graduating?

  

  This past weekend was the 10-year reunion for the MIT Class of 2000 -- my MIT class. It was fun to see so many of my classmates and hear about what they've been up to after all this time. One frequent question I get

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 9, 2010
• Blog / About Decisions

  Guest Entry: Christina Bognet Supplemental materials to help you through the next few days.

  

  past year and in watching my friends and myself trudge through the

  • by Jess K. '10
  • December 8, 2006
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  Train Coming on navigating

  

  that I wanted something different. In this past blog, I wrote that the ... applying to graduate school. I've been looking back on the past three years

  • by Paige B. '24
  • July 15, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  (Bitter)sweet home meeting high school teachers again, and visiting my hometown for (probably) the last time

  

  the car with a melancholy aftertaste. I drove past downtown buildings ... over this past summer, I realized that I spent so much time running away

  • by Jenny B. '25, MEng '26
  • January 12, 2023
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  My dorm room’s 24-year history meet 16 former residents of my room

  

  is a room with a rich history. i can name the past four people who ... the past four residents; I knew them even, and they were my friends. But ... they now, what do they do? And how far back could I go? Tracing the past

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • April 19, 2022
• Blog / About Decisions

  November 1st is my January 1st each november is a new direction

  

  These past three weeks have been really hard. And I'm sure that for you, it has been too. The MIT application can be very daunting and, if ... frustrations are hardly comforting. Exercising leads to pushing the weights past

  • by Erick P. '17
  • November 3, 2015
• Blog / Best of the Blogs

  A Major Crisis: A Follow Up what happens next

  

  like quitting. That felt like letting them win. Maybe I'm not meant for

  • by Cami M. '23
  • July 17, 2020
• Blog / About Decisions

  context, obstacles, and critical periods Why don’t you just get over it?

  

  who had placed in the Intel Science Fair. I looked up how to win

  • by Kidist A. '22
  • July 12, 2020